Bio
Brian Cooper was born in San Francisco and currently lives with his wife, artist Susan Logoreci, in Los Angeles. He earned his BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and his MFA from the University of Southern California. His work has been exhibited at several galleries in Los Angeles like Acuna Hansen, Circus Gallery, Cirrus Gallery, Sam Lee Gallery, Track 16, Raid Projects and the Santa Monica Museum of Art. Cooper’s work has been included in several shows in New York including Fuel for the Fire curated by Dawn Kasper, as well as Archaic Revival curated by Dani Tull at Zic Zerp Gallery in Rotterdam. He has also shown at Guerrero Gallery in San Francisco, The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, The Tucson Museum of Contemporary Art, Green Gallery in Milwaukee, De Parel Gallery in Amsterdam, the Torrance Museum of Art and a solo show at the University of California Riverside. His work has been featured in national and international publications like Beautiful Decay, Hi-Fructose, New American Paintings, Artwork, Artillery, Spain’s Rojo Magazine, Juxtapose and France’s Le Monde Diplomatique. Cooper has also been interviewed by Cantanker art magazine from Austin, TX and the French art blog According to Proust. His work was also included in the L.A. Weekly’s 2008 Biennial, Some Paintings and is a recipient of the 2009 West Prize in Philadelphia.
Artist CV
Education:
MFA 2002 Studio Art University of Southern California
BFA 1995 Studio Art San Francisco Art Institute
Awards/ Honors:
2009 West Prize Acquisition Finalist
2000- 2002 USC Graduate Teaching Assistantship Award
Bibliography:
Hi-Fructose, July 2014
Sick Of The Radio.com, Studio Visit: Brian Cooper, Feb. 20th, 2013, Beautiful Decay, November 6, 2012, Juxtapoz.com, Jan. 3rd, 2011, preview of nothing to say at Guerrero Gallery, Booooooom.com, Jan. 14th, 2010, Jeff Hamada, Beautiful Decay, “Book 3”, Spring 2010, Sycamore Review, issue 22.1, Spring 2010, Rojo Magazine, ®kyoi, breach dynamics, Sept. 2009, Beautiful Decay, May 19th, 2009 Fei Liu, Drawn.ca, June 4th, 2009, Artillery, Nov./Dec. 2008, vol. 3 issue 2, Cosmos Factory, Carrie Patterson, Artweek, Dec. 08/Jan. 09, vol.39, issue 10, Cosmos Factory, Mathew Timmons, Cantanker, Excess, Issue 5, “Enhanced Interrogation of Brian Cooper” Sp. 2008, L.A. Weekly, Jan.11th-17th 2008, Some Paintings, Track 16 Gallery, New American Paintings No.73, Dec. 2007, The Open studios press, Press Enterprise, Feb.28th, 2005, New Work, SB Valley College Art Gallery, San Bernardino Sun, Feb. 21st, 2005, New Work, SB Valley College Art Gallery UC Riverside Highlander, April, 2004, Project Room at Sweeney Gallery Robotsinlove.blogspot.com, December 09, 2004, American Gothic Arizona Republic, 5/16, 2004, PHX/LA at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art Arizona Sentinel Let’s Go! June 2004, PHX/LA at Scottsdale Museum of Contemp. Art Scottsdale Republic, 4/28 2004, PHX/LA at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art Java Magazine, May 2004, SouthwestNET: PHX/LA ArtScene, May, 2003, Meltdown at Acuña Hansen, Los Angeles, CA Artweek, April 2003, Unnatural at Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Exhibition Record:
2014
Dirty Minds: Life on Earth, curated by Thomnas Kidd, bG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
(group show), curated by Kio Griffith, Tokyo, Japan
2013
Archaic Revival,curated by Dani Tull, Zic Zerp gallery, Rotterdam, NL
Print Room, the Archaic Revival Review, Rotterdam, NL
Art Bands Showcase, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2012
Fuel for the Fire, Temporary Space and Human Resources LA, Curated by Dawn Kasper,
New York, NY
Holodeck, Post Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Against The Grain Charity Auction, Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Faculty Show, Vincent Price Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Faculty Show, Clara and Allen Gresham Gallery, San Bernardino, CA
2011
Urban Construction, Art Gate Gallery, New York, NY
Nothing to Say, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
T-shirt revival night, Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Breaking New Ground, Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Cities: Visionary Places, curated by Camilla Boemio, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2010
Show 2, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Incognito, Santa MonicaMuseum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Woodie, the Attic, Art Los Angeles Contemporary Art Fair
Depthless, Stadler and Waldorf, Los Angeles, CA
2009
Friends of Sky, Circus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
West Prize Exhibition, The West Collection, Oaks, PA
Next Art Fair, The West Collection, Chicago, IL
Lovable Like Orphaned Kitties and Bastard Children, Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Back Yard, Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
On the Down-Low, The Attic, Los Angeles, CA
Invite, Circus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Cosmos Factory, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Affordable Art Fair, NY, NY, Sam Lee Gallery
Some Paintings, L.A. Weekly Biennial, Track16 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Intersection, sponsored by the Andy Warhol Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
2006
Dynasty, Gallery MC, New York, NY
Concrete, Eagle Rock Center for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Stars on Vine, Aiden Riley Taylor Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005
New Work, San Bernardino Valley College Art Gallery, San Bernardino, CA
Quickening, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ
2004
Project room, Sweeney Art Museum at UC Riverside, Riverside, CA
High Anxiety, Gallery C, Los Angeles, CA
LA Raid, de Parrel, Amsterdam, NLD
Southwestnet: Phx/LA, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Phoenix, AZ
2003
Meltdown, Acuña Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Unnatural, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Halloween Show, Practice Space, Los Angeles, CA
2002
*Comfort Control, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA